Research Catalog

Title

Unfair labor? : American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago / David R. M. Beck.

Author

Beck, David, 1956-

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Details

Description

xxviii, 299 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Unfair Labor? breaks new ground by telling the stories of individual laborers, naming names, and uncovering the untold story of the roles that Native Americans involved in the 1893 World's Fair played in the changing economic conditions of tribal peoples and redefining their place in the American socioeconomic landscape"--

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Indians of North America > Economic conditions > 19th century
• Indians of North America > Economic conditions
• Indians of North America > Employment
• Indians of North America > History > 19th century
• Indians of North America > Social conditions > 19th century
• Indians of North America > Social conditions
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) > Influence
• World's Columbian Exposition

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781496206831
• 9781496214843 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781496214850 (canceled/invalid)
• 1496214854 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781496214867 (canceled/invalid)
• 1496214862 (canceled/invalid)